Friday, May 29, 2015

What Will The Concessionists Say Now?

[after a decade of blogging, I tend to write/comment

concisely, pithily and to the point.

why waste your time and mine?]

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One of the central points of those who support the policy that Israel should withdraw from the territories of its historic homeland, yield, surrender and concede and partition land, is that the US will come to our assistance if Israel is threatened.

Nearly one year after the ISIS hordes charged screaming over the Syrian border and sacked Mosul, they’ve repeated the feat in Ramadi – the capital of the restive Anbar province, and a city located just 70 miles from Baghdad. Simultaneously, ISIS forces launched an offensive to the north and captured the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. In the face of this humiliation more than nine months after the start of renewed coalition bombing missions over Iraq, the White House dubiously continued to insist that everything was going according to plan. Except, there never was any plan.

“Look, there were several things that surprised us about ISIL,” outgoing Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey told PBS reporter Martin Smith in a recent exit interview. “The degree to which they were able to form their own coalition, both inside of Syria — and inside of northwestern Iraq; the military capability that they exhibited — the collapse of the Iraq Security Forces. Yeah, in those initial days, there were a few surprises.”

Are you sure America can perform militarily if Israel requires help if we retreat from the hills of Samaria and Judea? In time? Adequately and resolutely?^

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P.S. And Islam is of course younger than Judaism, radical Islam is younger than Communism and about as wise. I just had to add this to make clear that the Buleforth does not think ISIS has an excuse in comparing itself to US foreign affairs that is documented to have killed women and children with impunity if not glee.

Your historical homeland (if any of your ancestors actually lived there) is also the historical homeland of those living there. What have you to say to to those? Maybe, sorry your ancerstors were not Jews so you have to leave?

About Me

American born, my wife and I moved to Israel in 1970. We have lived at Shiloh together with our family since 1981. I was in the Betar youth movement in the US and UK. I have worked as a political aide to Members of Knesset and a Minister during 1981-1994, lectured at the Academy for National Studies 1977-1994, was director of Israel's Media Watch 1995-2000 and currently, I work at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. I was a guest media columnist on media affairs for The Jerusalem Post, op-ed contributor to various journals and for six years had a weekly media show on Arutz 7 radio. I serve as an unofficial spokesperson for the Jewish Communities in Judea & Samaria.